Minimal-ish: Minimalism, Intentional Living, Motherhood

Today my guest is Shay Richter of Front Porch Finances. Shay is a mom of two, a wife, and she's passionate about a less-hustle message when it comes to our finances. Shay shares ways she has saved money and added to her family's income purely by challenging the way she and her family spend their money. In today's episode, she's going to share two of those challenges with us along with a bit about her family's debt free journey, and how we can get creative when it comes to adding income to our family or saving more money.Links:Shay on InstagramShay's websiteShay's book. Budget BurnoutDesirae on InstagramPodcast NewsletterSponsors:Nuts.com: Get free shipping and a free gift when you spend $29 or more at nuts.com/minimalishOlive and June: Get 20% off your first mani set at oliveandjune.com/minimalish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are talking decluttering our clothes - and we are specifically talking about our own, personal clothes (not our spouse's clothes or our kids' clothes.) I believe this is one of the most impactful areas of the home to declutter because we wake up and make a decision about what to wear every day. A cluttered, overfilled closet doesn't help us in that daily endeavor.Being that it's summer, this might be the most impactful time of the year to talk about this topic and make sure our closets are only filled with the clothes that we love and that fit us. I hope you'll join me today as we talk about why this is such an impactful area of the home to make minimal-ish, along with tips for decluttering this area of the home (by creating a personal uniform). I'm also sharing my recent experience decluttering my clothes and filling gaps in my supper wardrobe.Links:Desirae on InstagramPodcast WebsiteSponsor:Indeed: Claim your 75$ when you sponsor your job post at indeed.com/minimalish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Jill Winger of The Prairie Homestead is my guest. She is dedicated to helping others learn how to grow their own food and live a more fulfilling, old-fashioned life. Her practical and authentic style of teaching and storytelling has won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of homesteaders across social media and through the top-ranked Old Fashioned on Purpose podcast and the best-selling Prairie Homestead Cookbook.Jill and I talk all about her story, the benefits of homesteading and living a little more "old-fashioned." Jill shares that this lifestyle isn't just for someone who has acres of land and time to put to full on homesteading, but rather about how pieces of this lifestyle can benefit all of us when we find the parts that would fit in to our lives.Links:Jill's websiteJill on InstagramDesirae on InstagramPodcast websiteSponsors:Redd Remedies: Get 20% off peaceful mama and other qualifying supplements at reddremedies.com and use code "minimalish"Air Doctor: Go to airdoctorpro.com and use code "minimalish" to get up to 39% off or up to $300 off your purchase (depending on the model) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're planning our summer! Not the tangible kind of planning where we're looking at a calendar or planning tips. Instead, we're going through 4 pillars of minimal-ish living and applying them to our summer. The result will be a plan to move forward with a summer that is focused on what matters most to us. We'll talk about:-What matters most in summer 2023-Summer decluttering-Aligning our summer days to what is most important to us-How we can declutter our minds this summer-ContentmentI hope you enjoy today's episode! Thank you for being here and listening in.Links:Simple Morning ListsIntentional Summer episode 2022Sponsors:Olive and June Get 20% off your first mani system at oliveandjune.com/minimalishStoryworth Get 10$ off your first purchase at storyworth.com/minimalishNuts.com Get a free gift and free shipping on your order of 29$ or more at nuts.com/minimalish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm bringing you a different episode of our "minimalism stories" series. My guest, Tara, shares her story of minimalism, but also how minimalism helped give her permission to make big changes in her life. We also talk about ways to work with your family when they aren't necessarily minimalists, and some simplified meal planning tips.If you enjoyed today's episode and you're enjoying the show, share it, or give the podcast a rating or review if you're able to spare an extra minute. I'm so grateful for your support of the show!Links:Tara on InstagramDesirae on InstagramSponsor:Native: Get 20% off your first order at nativedeo.com/desirae or use code "desirae" at checkout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm starting a new series! Each month, I plan to dedicate one solo episode to a behind the scenes of what is working (or not) in my family's minimal-ish lifestyle. I'll start the first several of these by going room by room. These are the perfect episodes to use as a companion to your own decluttering. This week, we are starting in the living room, but many of these tips may apply to any room in the house, so hit play and declutter or tidy wherever you need to!Links:Desirae on InstagramSponsors: Thanks to our sponsors for making this episode of minimal-ish possible!Airdoctor: Head to airdoctorpro.com and use code minimalish for up to 39% off (depending on the model)!LifeMD: Head to lifemd.com/minimalish to become a LifeMD member!Organifi: Head to organifi.com/minimalish to get 20% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I have Kelly Briggs of Simple Home Mom as my guest to share her tips on simplifying home management and habits in our homes. I love Kelly because her perspective on home management is a breath of fresh air: both realistic AND attainable. She doesn't shy away from sharing that mess will STILL be there, but we can find ways to manage our home and even enjoy the process along the way.Links:Kelly on InstagramKelly's websiteDesirae on InstagramSponsors:Thanks to the sponsors making this episode possible!Nuts.com: Get free shipping and a free gift with an order of $29 or more at nuts.com/minimalishOrganifi: Get 20% off your order at organifi.com/minimalishIndeed: Start hiring now with a 75$ sponsored job credit when you upgrade your job post at indeed.com/minimalish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm bringing you a solo episode about a topic that has been on my mind lately - perfectionism and what it steals from us. Lately I've seen a shift in my ability to feel content and a lot of that has been my ability to see notice perfectionism when it shows up in my life. I am bringing you my reflections about what perfectionism steals from us, how it might manifest in our live, and how we can let go when we see it effecting us.Sponsors:Greenpan: Get 30% off at greenpan.us with code minimalishOrganifi: Get 20% off your order at organifi.com/minimalishRedd Remedies: Get 30% off peaceful mama and other products at reddremedies.com with code minimalish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're talking about stress - something 2/3 of us experience to an extent that it is actually effecting our health. We live in a stressed out society, and dealing with our clutter is one way to help lessen the stress in our everyday life. But there are so many different types of stress we deal with, and some of them we cannot "declutter" out of our lives. An important question becomes "how do we cope with this stress?" Today I have Stacey Littlefield as my guest. She is a master herbalist at Redd Remedies, and she has a degree in biology with a master's degree in herbalism. We talk quite a bit about how stress effects us as women and moms, and different ways that we can cope with that stress. We also talk about natural remedies we can use to help support our bodies in coping with stress.I also spend time today sharing some of my coping mechanisms for stress, and how I had to come to terms with the way that stress was effecting me this past year. It's a bit of a longer intro so I can share all of that with you, so this episode is almost a hybrid solo episode/ guest episode. It's a unique one, and I hope you enjoy it!Links:Redd Remedies - Get 20% off with code MinimalishPeaceful MamaDesirae on InstagramSponsors:Organifi: Get 20% off your order at organifi.com/minimalish code minimalishLifeMD: Get started now at lifemd.com/minimalish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm bringing you an interview of...myself. I know it sounds strange, but what I mean is I was on another podcast and I loved our conversation so much, I wanted to make sure you heard it here if you didn't get to hear it there. If you love this conversation, I hope you'll go check out the Mom's Overcoming Overwhelm podcast and hear more like it.On this episode, I share my story with minimalism and how it has been so impactful for me, what minimalism has taught me about myself and my daughter, along with how minimalism doesn't have to be about hiding the evidence that kids live in our homes. Kids will bring mess no matter how little stuff we have - so how do we embrace this season with littles and let the mess be (so we don't go crazy)Links:Moms Overcoming OverwhelmEmily on InstagramDesirae on InstagramSponsor:Native: Get 20% off your first order at nativedeo.com/minimalish or use code minimalish at checkout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices